17 Sep 2012

Africa | Marketing & Media

 
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Book your place at AfricaCom

Come November, AfricaCom will once again take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This year, the conference will be celebrating innovation in today's digital Africa. The keynote sessions are expected to gather the most influential companies and individuals in the industry where they will share their views on how to promote new services and business models.

In addition to the 2012 gathering, a new session will promote the importance of ICT start-ups across the continent: the Entrepreneurs Incubator Hub will bring together investors, incubators and entrepreneurs to discuss the best strategies to promote start-ups in Africa's telecommunications, media and ICT sector.

Over the three days, a number of topics including: network deployment to mobile money, customer experience management, convergence, cloud services, investment, entrepreneurship, broadcasting, app development are expected to be discussed.

To book your place, go to http://africa.comworldseries.com

In news this week: the African News Innovation Challenge announced its shortlisted finalists; the Rwanda Utilities and Regularity Authority will conduct a study on the use of mobile phones among the rural population; Etisalat is set to launch a mobile commerce service and we find out how Kuza Mobile came about.

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Have a good week!

Evan-Lee Courie @evan1985

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Special focus on media freedom & right to know


NIGERIA
Reality of the Freedom of Information Act
Since president Goodluck Jonathan signed the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act sometime this year, the excitement it elicited among members of civil society, the media and human rights groups, is being replaced with frustration and disappointment. Read more >>

Branding


KENYA
Kenya's National Social Security Fund rebrands
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Kenya's social security provider has rebranded. Read more >>

Digital


AFRICA
Huawei celebrates 11 years in Uganda
[Jude Bukenya] Huawei Technologies, a global ICT service provider, has celebrated its 11 years of business in Uganda. Read more >>

Events & Conferencing


AFRICA
AABLA 2012 announces more regional winners
CNBC Africa in partnership with ABN Productions, announced the winners of the All Africa Business Leader Awards (AABLA) 2012 at an awards ceremony, which took place at the One& Only in Cape Town, South Africa at the end of last week. Read more >>

Exhibitions


AFRICA
Maker Faire Africa hits Lagos
Maker Faire Africa is making its way to the bustling city of Lagos on 5-6 November 2012. The innovation fair which is an annual pan-African innovation showcase of handicrafts that in its words "hail from Africa's tiniest villages to its most expensive urban burgs" will comprise two days of exhibits, performances and workshops that celebrate African ingenuity, innovation and creativity. Read more >>

Media


MALAWI
MISA-Malawi online forum founder dies
[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Hastings Maloya, a journalist and founder of the Google forum for the Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) which boasts of over 1 500 journalists passed away on Friday, 14 September 2012. Read more >>

AFRICA
Win an invitation to AfricaCom 2012
The African Press Organisation (APO) will be awarding one African IT/Telecom journalist a chance to attend the AfricaCom 2012 held from 13-15 November 2012 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), South Africa. Read more >>

Mobile


AFRICA
Nokia partners with Kenyan photographers
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Phone maker Nokia has partnered with Kenyan photographers to launch the Nokia 808 PureView smart phone. The launch could be Nokia's strategy to enter the high-end mobile imaging market now that Android phones are threatening to push it out of the mobile market. Read more >>

Sales


AFRICA
M-Net secures in-flight entertainment sales
M-Net, the multi-channel Pan-African content provider, has secured a raft of in-flight entertainment sales. Through the aid of AMP International, IFE Alliance and IFE Services, the content provider has sold a variety of its popular TV properties and films to well-recognised airlines. Read more >>


International
UNITED KINGDOM
Facebook could capture 50% of global search market in just a few years
LONDON, UK: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that Facebook has every intention of giving Google a run for its money by marrying social networking with one of the most valuable areas of the technology industry: Search. The search market represents a "big opportunity" that Facebook is uniquely positioned to address, said Zuckerberg at a tech industry conference in San Francisco recently. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
comScore, Arbitron to launch groundbreaking cross-platform media measurement initiative
COLUMBIA and RESTON, US: Arbitron Inc and comScore have announced an agreement to develop the first-ever five-platform measurement initiative that would provide an unparalleled view of changing consumption of video, audio and display content across radio, television, PCs, smartphones and tablets. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM
M&M Global Awards winners
LONDON, UK: The winners of the 2012 M&M Global Awards was announced late last week at a ceremony held at Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The Awards recognise and celebrate leading multi-market advertising campaigns, innovative and effective work and co-ordination of multi-local advertising strategies. Read more >>

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Company news

Events & Conferencing


AFRICA
Don't Miss Tech4Africa 2012! - Liviserver
Three years on, in every way that counts, Tech4Africa continues to be the premier mobile, web and emerging technology event, and this year's conference promises to be no exception, congregating some of the best minds in ICT today and bringing a greater than ever breadth and depth of tech talks. Read more >>


Government
SOUTH AFRICA
SA approval for DuPont Pioneer/Pannar Seed deal
DuPont Pioneer‚ one of the world's leading agricultural businesses‚ and Pannar Seed (Pty) Limited‚ a South African-based seed company with operations throughout Africa and other parts of the world‚ on Friday received affirmation of South Africa's approval to implement their agreement for Pioneer to purchase a majority share of Pannar. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
SA military could help stem mines unrest
South African police who clashed with striking workers at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine said the military could be roped in to help quell the mining unrest if the situation degenerates. Read more >>

More Government news...


Motoring
SOUTH AFRICA
Fluence oozes French flair
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] After a rather slow, stuttering sales start the Renault Fluence has picked up market speed and is now one of French's brand's three best sellers in this country - and with more than enough reason because it is a well-specced family sedan, pleasant to drive, nice looking and devoid of the quirks one has become accustomed to with some French and Italian cars. Read more >>

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